"Then I Would Be Important."

"If only I received an award for the great job I do at work," said the man to the 94 year old mystic, "Then I would be important. And everyone would know that I am important."

"What Is A Meaningful Life?"

"What is a meaningful life," asked the 94 year old mystic of his students. "Is it one such as that of a typical middle class family in the world's industrialized nations? Their lives focus on having a nice home, a good job, safe cars and time set aside for family events and vacations.

Which Is Greater?

"Is there value in being," asked the kindly 94 year old mystic to his students. "Or is the greater value in accomplishing a place of importance in this world?

"You Can Never Be What You Never Were"

"You can never be what you never were," said the kindly 94 year old mystic to his students. "And what you never were was dead."

The Eternal Life Of A Leaf

As Jim stood under the towering trees that surrounded his yard, he noticed a leaf gently swaying to and fro in the soft breeze, as it drifted down 30 feet and settled on his bright green lawn. Then a voice called to him and as he looked around, he realized it was the leaf.